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Marco Rubio

Obama’s immigration plan would be dead on arrival in the Senate

“It’s a mistake for the White House to draft immigration legislation without seeking input from Republican members of Congress. President Obama’s leaked immigration proposal is disappointing to those of us working on a serious solution. The President’s bill repeats the failures of past legislation. It fails to follow through on previously broken promises to secure our borders, creates a special pathway that puts those who broke our immigration laws at an advantage over those who chose to do things the right way and come here legally, and does nothing to address guest workers or future flow, which serious immigration experts agree is critical to preventing future influxes of illegal immigrants.

“Much like the President’s self-described ‘stop gap’ Deferred Action measure last year, this legislation is half-baked and seriously flawed. It would actually make our immigration problems worse, and would further undermine the American people’s confidence in Washington’s ability to enforce our immigration laws and reform our broken immigration system.

“If actually proposed, the President’s bill would be dead on arrival in Congress, leaving us with unsecured borders and a broken legal immigration system for years to come.”

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It fails to follow through on previously broken promises to secure our borders, creates a special pathway that puts those who broke our immigration laws at an advantage over those who chose to do things the right way and come here legally

Fair has always meant that those who cheat are given preferential treatment, thus doubly rewarded for not following the rules set forth that others were too stupid to follow. Where did you get edumacated?

Fair has always meant that those who cheat are given preferential treatment, thus doubly rewarded for not following the rules set forth that others were too stupid to follow. Where did you get edumacated?

astonerii on February 17, 2013 at 11:07 AM

I am still waiting for him to give us all a “free pass” card that we can use if we ever have any legal trouble. Seems only fair.

It doesn’t make any difference. This was always a trap laid by Obama and, once again, the Republican mice are eating the bait as it sits on that trap, the death arm jiggling to come down on their necks.

This is all about being able to demonize Reps — see they won’t agree to MY plan, says Obama, so they are obstructionist hispanic haters. You can’t possibly vote them in again in 2014 and Hillary is waiting in the wings . . . Let’s move forward . . .

Rubio is a decent guy but I strongly opposed his immigration push, nothing good will come out of this. GOP will oppose what Obama proposes, MSM will paint them as Racist and then we are back to where we started. This time even more unpopular amongst Latinos.

David Plouffe said recently that during the data mining in 2012, young Latinos were more concerned about the economy and Health care than immigration reform. Why can’t the GOP come up with a strong economic plan and present an alternative to Obamacare?